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Are you Jerry Neutron? I've been watching your content for ages, I remember buying an XFX RX 470 after watching your video.
I might move to a beefier tower style cooler but considering I have a basic B350 board with a basic power delivery system (MSi B350 Tomahawk), I doubt my OC will be much better, but at least the PC will be quieter. Thanks for the help.

that idle temp is fine considering what you mentioned
 
the Wraith Spire is OK for mild overclocks or chips that can overclock on low voltage but I just tested about 6 coolers with my Ryzen 5 1600 and even a $35 single tower cooler was a solid improvement over the Spire
 
 

Intel Haswell & Haswell-Refresh CPU Overclocking Guide
Click HERE For The Printer Friendly Version (Google Docs)
 
Prepared by @BigDay
Credit goes to my overclocking mentor, @ProKoN
ProKoN's Guide: Intel Haswell 4670k + 4770K Overclocking guide
Last Updated: February 8, 2016
 
My Overclocked 4670K:
4.6 GHz Core @ 1.32 Vcore
4.5 GHz Cache @ 1.32 Vring
 
My Other Guides:
NVIDIA & AMD Graphics Card Overclocking Guide
Noctua vs Corsair Fan Guide
 
**For the most up to date version of this guide, please refer to the printer friendly version (link above)**
 
**Since the LTT forums have changed styles and removed spoilers, the entire guide will only be available on Google Docs. Click the link above**

I'd go for the SeaSonic M12II 520W Bronze EVO Edition or Rosewill Hive 550W in that price range
 
You'll have to pony up an extra $10 bucks or so if you want 600W+

I like the P400 TG, I enjoyed building in mine
 

 
 

Yes, I just referred to myself in the 3rd person lol
 
What's up guys. I just wanted to start a build log on my PC as I finally move away from a budget build into a high-endish Z97 build. This will be primarily used for video editing, gaming and hopefully some GPU benchmarking.
 
I'll be capturing my build and benchmark process on video for you guys to see but for now I wanted to post a few pictures of each component.
 
<link removed>
^^^ In this video I talk about my reasoning for each part selection.
 
Parts list is below:
 

 
CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K

 
CPU Cooler - be quiet! Dark Rock TF

 
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5

 
RAM - 16GB HyperX Savage 1866MHz (2x8GB)

 
Storage - 240GB HyperX Savage SSD

 
Storage - 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

 
GPU - MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning

 
PSU - be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W

 
PSU Extension Cables - Bitfenix Alchemy Black

 
Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro White

 
Thanks to HyperX for supplying the RAM and be quiet! for providing the PSU!
 
I will say, two things I wish I had for this build were a black mid-tower ATX case and full replacement cables for the PSU. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any help with that but I think the build should still come out pretty clean.
 
What do you guys think of my part selection? Build video and pictures coming soon!

Yes, I just referred to myself in the 3rd person lol
 
What's up guys. I just wanted to start a build log on my PC as I finally move away from a budget build into a high-endish Z97 build. This will be primarily used for video editing, gaming and hopefully some GPU benchmarking.
 
I'll be capturing my build and benchmark process on video for you guys to see but for now I wanted to post a few pictures of each component.
 
<link removed>
^^^ In this video I talk about my reasoning for each part selection.
 
Parts list is below:
 

 
CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K

 
CPU Cooler - be quiet! Dark Rock TF

 
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5

 
RAM - 16GB HyperX Savage 1866MHz (2x8GB)

 
Storage - 240GB HyperX Savage SSD

 
Storage - 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

 
GPU - MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning

 
PSU - be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W

 
PSU Extension Cables - Bitfenix Alchemy Black

 
Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro White

 
Thanks to HyperX for supplying the RAM and be quiet! for providing the PSU!
 
I will say, two things I wish I had for this build were a black mid-tower ATX case and full replacement cables for the PSU. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any help with that but I think the build should still come out pretty clean.
 
What do you guys think of my part selection? Build video and pictures coming soon!

Yes, I just referred to myself in the 3rd person lol
 
What's up guys. I just wanted to start a build log on my PC as I finally move away from a budget build into a high-endish Z97 build. This will be primarily used for video editing, gaming and hopefully some GPU benchmarking.
 
I'll be capturing my build and benchmark process on video for you guys to see but for now I wanted to post a few pictures of each component.
 
<link removed>
^^^ In this video I talk about my reasoning for each part selection.
 
Parts list is below:
 

 
CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K

 
CPU Cooler - be quiet! Dark Rock TF

 
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5

 
RAM - 16GB HyperX Savage 1866MHz (2x8GB)

 
Storage - 240GB HyperX Savage SSD

 
Storage - 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

 
GPU - MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning

 
PSU - be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W

 
PSU Extension Cables - Bitfenix Alchemy Black

 
Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro White

 
Thanks to HyperX for supplying the RAM and be quiet! for providing the PSU!
 
I will say, two things I wish I had for this build were a black mid-tower ATX case and full replacement cables for the PSU. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any help with that but I think the build should still come out pretty clean.
 
What do you guys think of my part selection? Build video and pictures coming soon!

Yes, I just referred to myself in the 3rd person lol
 
What's up guys. I just wanted to start a build log on my PC as I finally move away from a budget build into a high-endish Z97 build. This will be primarily used for video editing, gaming and hopefully some GPU benchmarking.
 
I'll be capturing my build and benchmark process on video for you guys to see but for now I wanted to post a few pictures of each component.
 
<link removed>
^^^ In this video I talk about my reasoning for each part selection.
 
Parts list is below:
 

 
CPU - Intel Core i7-4790K

 
CPU Cooler - be quiet! Dark Rock TF

 
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5

 
RAM - 16GB HyperX Savage 1866MHz (2x8GB)

 
Storage - 240GB HyperX Savage SSD

 
Storage - 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

 
GPU - MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning

 
PSU - be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W

 
PSU Extension Cables - Bitfenix Alchemy Black

 
Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro White

 
Thanks to HyperX for supplying the RAM and be quiet! for providing the PSU!
 
I will say, two things I wish I had for this build were a black mid-tower ATX case and full replacement cables for the PSU. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any help with that but I think the build should still come out pretty clean.
 
What do you guys think of my part selection? Build video and pictures coming soon!

Sharing my current build...  :rolleyes:
 
PC Specs:   > Intel Core i7-4790K (Devil's Canyon) Quad-Core 4.0GHz 8MB LGA1150 > Asus Maximus VII Impact Z97 > GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 Reference Card (Custom Painted with PlastiDip) > 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400MHz > 250GB Samsung 840 EVO (OS) > 2 x 5TB Seagate Desktop HDD (Storage) > Noctua NH-L9i Cooler with NF-B9 Fan > Silverstone SFX 600W 80Plus GOLD > NCASE M1 v1.0 mini-ITX Case (Custom Side Panel Window) > Generic RGB Lighting with Remote Control    

 
Thanks for viewing...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($45.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($139.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($45.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $477.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-19 22:56 EDT-0400

Indeed, I use an external Blu-Ray reader that's connected to the main PC.  
 

RAIDZ2 is a funny thing. You're getting almost 22TB out of a 10-drive 30TB pool, I'm barely getting 21TB out of an 8-drive 32TB one.
That's 1TB less usable space with 2TB more advertised space. Go figure.

Which is not a bad thing! Linear means more focussed. I don't understand this obsession with open world games, it just means everything becomes more diluted, scattered and lacks any form of pacing. "Ooohhh the world is going to end, let me first find all the parts of a sweater for little tiffany".
 
I'd love some more linear AAA games this year, don't care much AT ALL for these open world games atm. I never finished skyrim, because i got bored.

how my HTPC sits currently
 

 

how my HTPC sits currently
 

 

how my HTPC sits currently
 

 

how my HTPC sits currently
 

 

Didn't get a GPU-Z screenshot but just wanted to showoff a G3258 and R9 290 score I got
 
Intel Pentium G3258 @ 4.4GHz
XFX Black DD Edition Radeon R9 290 - 980MHz Core Clock and 1250MHz Memory Clock (Stock)
Avg FPS 58.1
Score 2431
Extreme HD Preset at 1080P
 

 
Not sure why it's not showing the correct clock speed for the CPU ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I personally like the ASTRO A40's over the HyperX Cloud II's
 

 
However if sound quality is your main concern you may want to skip headsets altogether

I would stick to a CPU with strong single thread performance so i3 all the way
 
I personally have had a bad experience using lower end APUs in this scenario

focus pulling?

that backplate looks pretty sweet

Ok. I did a SLI guide and now time to do a vRAM/memory bandwidth guide. A lot of people seem to be confused about vRAM in general. Well, here we go.
 
Let's clear up some misconceptions about vRAM! 
 
 
What does vRAM size have to do with gaming?
 
 
Bonus: What happens if I don't have enough vRAM that a game asks for for certain settings?
 
 
And now resolution, Anti Aliasing and operating systems
 
 
And now about multiple monitors
 
 
Now, onto memory bandwidth and memory bus and such. You may wanna skip this if you know already and are only here for the vRAM size portion above, but I might as well be thorough if I'm doing this. Spoiler tags save the day!
 
vRAM types & memory clocks
 
 
Next, memory bus and memory bandwidth!
 
 
Extra: Memory bus + mismatched memory size section
 
 
And the GTX 970 gets its own section! Hooray!
 
 
FAQ
 
 
Windows 10 and nVidia 353.62
 
 
Final tidbits and stuff
 
 
I started writing this guy mainly for the top section, to denounce misinformation people seem to have regarding vRAM and its relation to memory bandwidth, but I figured I might as well just go the full mile and explain as best I can about what most people need to know about GPU memory anyway. If I've somehow screwed up somewhere, let me know. I probably have. I'll fix whatever I get wrong. And thank you to everyone who has contributed and corrected things I didn't get right! Unlike my SLI guide, much of the information here was confirmed post-writing.
 
If you want the SLI information or the mobile i7 CPU information guide, they're in my sig!
 
Moderator note: If you believe any information found in this guide is incorrect, please message me or D2ultima and we will investigate it, thank you. - Godlygamer23

You'll definitely be happy with the Enthoo Pro. I just got my hands on one too
 

You would be too if you were about to go into battle